Copper Board

HAPPY

Birthdays

Robert C. Conrad

John M. Fix

Stanley Gibson

Robert Johnson

Cleo M Medlock

BIRTHDAY

Masonic Birthdays

Paul A. Brooks(48)

Hubert Haught(33)

David C. Porter(35)

Milton W. Sloan(43)

Leslie D. Walker(36)

William Williamson(59)

July Schedule

9th

9am – Coffee & Donuts

10am – Lodge

12:00 pm- Lunch

23rd

9am – Coffee & Donuts

10am – 1st Degree on Mr.

August Schedule

13th

9am – Coffee & Donuts

10am – Lodge

12:00 pm- Lunch at TBD

2nd Place Trestleboard Award

Small Lodges

2004-2005

BY-LAWS PROPOSED CHANGE

Whereby the Grand Lodge Constitution has permitted the conducting of business on any degree for several years, it is proposed to remove the restriction in our BY-LAWS as follows:

Article III Section II last sentence currently reads:

"All business except for the examination of candidates and conferring of the subordinate degrees shall be done in a lodge of Master Masons.

Proposed change:

[delete current sentence above]

Meeting Calendar 2005

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

9 - WM #3 13 - WM#3 1 - OES #8 6 - OES #8 3 - OES #8 1 - OES #8

10 - WM #3 8 - WM #3 12 - WM #3 10 - WM #3

White Mountain Lodge #3 - 50 years ago

August 1955

A meeting was announced to discuss plans for revamping the front of our building.
Brother Stan Gibson on a visit from the Army, told of experiences on an island in the Pugent Sound

Doric Lodge #26 - 50 years ago

August 1955

A communication was received from Los Angeles that our Brother Louis Childs had passed away at his home on August 5, 1955. The Annual Masonic Picnic was cancelled for this year. Brother Ballard Vogel Simmons was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on August 29, 1955

Subject: Some Info on Early Masonic History...Ron Holder, PM, TN Jurisdiction writes:

"MASONRY IN EARLY AMERICA--DID YOU KNOW THAT...?" The first assembly of the Continental Congress was presided over by a Master Mason, Peyton Randolph, Provincial Grand Master of Virginia. The Revolutionary War was a distinctly Masonic enterprise. The Boston Tea Party was organized in St. Andrews Lodge, at an adjourned meeting, and that every "Indian" who threw the tea into the harbor was a member of that Lodge. Paul Revere, who made his immortal ride, was Junior Warden of that Lodge. More than fifty of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence were members of the Masonic fraternity. All but one of the five members of the Constitutional Convention were Masons. Richard Henry Lee, who moved the Resolution of Independence in the Continental Congress, was a Mason. Lee, and all five members of that committee -- Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston --were Masons. In the Mythological narrative: The American Flag was made by Betsy Ross the widow of John Ross, a Mason, and was placed in the hands of George Washington, who was elected Grand Master of Virginia, but did not accept because of his duties as commander-in-Chief of the American Army, which absorbed all his attention and time. Washington took the oath of office as President of the United States upon a Bible brought from St. Johns Lodge No. 1, of New York. The oath of office was administered by Chancellor Livingston, Grand Master of the state of New York. The Governors of every one of the original thirteen states at the time Washington was inaugurated were Masons. Washington demanded that Lafayette coming from France, and Von Stuben coming from Germany, be made Masons. All of Washington's Brigadier Generals except one were Masons. The Constitution of the United States was written by Mason. Free Speech, Free Religion, and Free Schools were the gifts of Masonry to America, and these were opposed by all anti-Masonic institutions. The four Major Generals who almost ruined Washington and the cause of Freedom were the four who were not Masons. These are historical facts and are a part of the rich heritage of our nation. HOWEVER, no part of the above facts are now taught in our free schools, which were made possible by the foresight of our Masonic forbearers.Thought this was worthy of sharing since Constitutional Observance programs are normally presented at this time of year in many Masonic Jurisdictions.

Joe Coppinger, PM, Moreno Valley Lodge #804, CA

2005 Officers